Forecasting the equatorial Pacific sea surface temperatures by neural network models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-147

  Tangang, F T ^a   Hsieh, W W ^a   Tang, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0001275437     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050156     Document Type: Article

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